PEMANFAATAN MICROSOFT INOVATIVE EDUCATION FOLLOW OFFICE 365 PADA MASA PEMBELAJARAN JARAK JAUH (PJJ) DI SMPN 5 PALU

Abstract

Office 365 is an online learning method that is considered appropriate to be applied in both partner schools as an additional method other than conventional. The e-learning method is an electronic learning system that utilizes internet facilities in the process, teachers can interact with students in online classes. SMPN 5 Palu, Central Sulawesi Province is one of the junior high schools which is strategically located, can be reached from three directions and transportation is smooth. This school has strengths, among others: having teaching staff who are highly committed to improving the quality of graduates, a large number of applicants, high student enthusiasm for learning, and adequate laboratories, including a multimedia laboratory. The learning method used by teachers at partner schools so far is the conventional method, namely lectures in class, there is no use of internet facilities in their learning because they do not know, even though the facilities and infrastructure owned by teachers and students are very supportive, because teachers and students most of the students already have their own laptops and in schools there are already available computer laboratory facilities. Likewise, telecommunications and internet network facilities have reached almost all areas of Palu City, so it is not difficult to implement online learning. Where the purpose of this training is that learning can run effectively even in PJJ conditions by adapting to Microsoft Office 365 so that students who are far outside the city of Palu can still carry out online learning. Assisting teachers in managing online classes such as uploading materials, creating online practice questions and assigning value to the questions, creating materials into interesting learning videos and so on. Microsoft Office 365 is one of the Cloud-based Office applications created by the Microsoft company that allows users to be able to access various online/online content with the help of the internet. The development of a digital class based on Microsoft 365 has just been trained for 30 teachers at SMP N 5 Palu.